Course: Development Theories

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Course title Development Theories
Course code MRS/GURT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jochim Vojtěch, Mgr.
  • Nováček Pavel, doc. RNDr. CSc.
  • Dluhý Radovan, Mgr.
  • Macková Lucie, M.A., Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Group work
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Escobar, A. (2011). Encountering Development.
  • Ferguson, J. (2007). Global Shadows: Africa in the neoliberal order.
  • Harvey, D. (2014). Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism.
  • Klein, N. (2007). The Shock Doctrine. Metropolitan Books.
  • Kothari, A. et al. (2019). Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary. Tulika Books.
  • Moore, J. (2017). A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things.
  • Rahnema, M. (1997). The Post-Development Reader. David Philip.
  • Roy, A. (2015). Capitalism A Ghost Story. Verso.
  • Sachs, W. (2009). Development Dictionary. Zed Books.
  • So, Alvin Y. (1990). Social change and development: modernization, dependency, and world-system theories. London.
  • Soderbaum, S. and Sorensen, J. (2012). Beyond the Development Security Nexus. Development Dialogue.
  • Wallerstein, I. (2004). World-Systems Analysis.
  • Zuboff, S. (2019). The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. Public Affairs.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Global Sustainable Development - specialization in International Development (2026) Category: Geography courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Global Sustainable Development - specialization in Transition to Sustainability (2026) Category: Geography courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter